kerfuffle

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cior thual ("char athwart: confusion, disorder"). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl ("uproar, trouble, agitation")

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